- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
My wife is going to kill me.... 
This will be the 3rd Willys I've hauled home in the last couple months. I think I have a problem....
It's a 1948 CJ2a, it runs & drives AND came with a clean Colorado title! The price wasn't too bad either, considering the running condition. What's really neat about it is that someone took the time to swap in a Buick Oddfire V6, still had the T90 3 speed transmission and Dana 18 t-case. The rear axle should be a Dana 41 and front Dana 27(?), with what should be 5.38 gears. The engine fires right up and runs great, it runs and drives.... but the brakes are shot, so I've been driving around in 4-low only.... so I can kinda stop, or at least not go too fast. :greg: The exhaust is falling apart, so that will have to get re-done too. Of course, it has some hokey Farmer welding done to the frame.... like almost every single early CJ out there! The bumper is massive, plus a few pieces of super-thick plate welded to the frame. I'll probably trim down the edges of the front bumper, narrow it further and put an angled end on it at some point.
This is how I got it...
After I pulled the soft top off and gave it a bath... I'm going to sell the soft top, no plans to run one.
And #2 next to #3....
It's a 30'er at best though, the tub has some pretty good rust. It's worth saving, but I think I'm going to swap tubs from Willys #2, because that tub is super clean. I'll probably end up parting out #2, taking the hood and windshield frame for my stretched Willys project. This one (#3) will be more of a resto-mod, I want to keep the current drivetrain, but update the brakes, steering, tires, wiring, etc, etc. Eventually it'll get painted, rework the seats, etc. I want it to be a fun, reliable Sunday driver... that is capable of some offroading, but nothing crazy.
This will be the 3rd Willys I've hauled home in the last couple months.
I think I have a problem.... It's a 1948 CJ2a, it runs & drives AND came with a clean Colorado title! The price wasn't too bad either, considering the running condition. What's really neat about it is that someone took the time to swap in a Buick Oddfire V6, still had the T90 3 speed transmission and Dana 18 t-case. The rear axle should be a Dana 41 and front Dana 27(?), with what should be 5.38 gears. The engine fires right up and runs great, it runs and drives.... but the brakes are shot, so I've been driving around in 4-low only.... so I can kinda stop, or at least not go too fast. :greg: The exhaust is falling apart, so that will have to get re-done too. Of course, it has some hokey Farmer welding done to the frame.... like almost every single early CJ out there! The bumper is massive, plus a few pieces of super-thick plate welded to the frame. I'll probably trim down the edges of the front bumper, narrow it further and put an angled end on it at some point.
This is how I got it...
After I pulled the soft top off and gave it a bath... I'm going to sell the soft top, no plans to run one.
And #2 next to #3....
It's a 30'er at best though, the tub has some pretty good rust. It's worth saving, but I think I'm going to swap tubs from Willys #2, because that tub is super clean. I'll probably end up parting out #2, taking the hood and windshield frame for my stretched Willys project. This one (#3) will be more of a resto-mod, I want to keep the current drivetrain, but update the brakes, steering, tires, wiring, etc, etc. Eventually it'll get painted, rework the seats, etc. I want it to be a fun, reliable Sunday driver... that is capable of some offroading, but nothing crazy.
